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| Brian Dickson | profile | all galleries >> Hayduke 2022 >> 4 Henry Mountains | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 We rested up in the small town of Hanksville, southern Utah |
 With some 'cardboard cutout' locals |
 Hanksville is at the crossroads to Lake Powell and other parks such as Capital Reef |
 Surreal metalwork artwork on the street |
 We started hiking from where we left off on Highway 95, heading west and uphill |
 Weird (and slightly phallic!) hoodoos at Little Egypt |
 Little Egypt |
 We scrambled up the loose, shale slopes behind Little Egypt to connect with jeep roads |
 Heading up towards the vivid Henry Mountains in the cold air |
 Mining relics - there was a goldrush town here in its 1890's mining heyday |
 Old mining shack |
 Old mining shack |
 Upwards on wide dirt road towards Crescent Creek |
 Nice aspen camp at Crescent Creek |
 We find an old tent peg, supersized compared to our lightweight ones! |
 It was well below freezing here! |
 Hiking round the tops of the Henry Mountains |
 Henry Mountains snow at Copper ridge |
 Looking to the southern Henry's |
 Big ponderosa's at Airplane Spring. We turned round due to Brian's blisters (see blog) |
 This could be from 'Breaking Bad' |
 Back to H95 on the Hayduke |
 Going under H95 to hitch into Hanksville |
 With local singer in Hanksville, Rod Asay You were superb Rod! |
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